Bottle capper



June 1929-- 5. SHEPHERD ET AL 1.715.680

BOTTLE CAPPER Filed 001;. 10, 1927 FIG. 1. 2 f

" GEORGE. SHEPHERD. TWIL ER I. c TfIME.

G. 2 grwmtow Patented June 4, 1929;

I r NT, Fri cE GEORGE snnrnnnn AND W'ALTEB I.

JAMES, or iuniauaro'ms, ntni'auaflissreuons TO o'rro rorrnnnlon INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BOTTLE onrrn'n.

Application filed October 10,1927. Serial: 1%. 225,25,

This invention relates to bottle cappers,

' particularly of the hand operated variety and one feature ofthe invention isthe provisionot adjustable parts, whereby bottles ofdifferent heights may be readily capped bythesame machine.

. A furtherfeature of the'invention is the provision ot a flexible union between thecap -applying plunger and the lever for operating the same, whereby the cap. applying member. will always remain in alignment with the neck of the bottle, regardless of the position per, as-taken. in the proximity of line vice.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view thru the upper-portion of the capper, and s Figure 3 is a detail transversesectional view thru theupper portion of the capotFig. 2. l r v 7 Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the body portion of the capper, comprising a standard 2, and a base 3, the'base extending outwardly from the lower end of the stand. ard, to provide a support for a bottle 4, 1n-

dicated by dotted lines.

' Pivotally attached to the upper end portion of the standard 2, by means of a bolt 5 or the like, is a lever 6,the pivotingendl of the lever having paralleling arms 7 which together straddle the end" of the standard. The bolt 5 passes thru said arms and said standard end and serves as a fulcrum tor the lever 6. The free ends ofthe arms 7 are yoked together by a loop formation 8,. to which is attached one end of'a contraction coil spring 9, the opposite end 7 of the spring being atached to the standard 2,

said spring ,by its contracting tendency serving to normally pull down on the yoke formation 38 and 'mally tilted to elevatedposition as shown inFigl. r

and a further feature a Figure 1 is aperspective view of the de i 12' is first dotted lines 18.

will force thus keep-the leverfi nor Extending laterally'from the standard- 2 and 'adjacenttheuper end thereof, is a pair .ofspaced' guide lugs 10 and 11, thru which looselylextends a threaded shank 12 and by means of which the shank is caused totravel' vertically to the. base 3 and in a straight? line. The lower end of the shank 12 has a ca p applying'sooket l3 conveniently thread-' I ed thereto, while to the upper-endot said shank is attached a cross barhandle 1 1,

by meansof-which the shank may be readily,

rotated for adjusting the height of the socket 13 witlrrespect'totheiheight of bottle being H u used, as will be understood.

The shank 12 is threaded thruia nut 15', which nut is positioned between the arms 7 between the bolt 5 andthe-leverQfi, and is flexibly unitedto said "arms by extending trunnions 16 which extend laterally from 7 i opposite edges of said nut, and into grooves 17 in the inner faces'of the;arms'7 Said grooves extend longitudinally ofthe arms so that said trunnionsmay slide therein- 7 when the lever is swung upwardly or downwardly, thus permitting the arms 7 to travel in an arc-like path, while the nut 15 'remains laterally immovable, and the vertical alignment of the shank remains unchanged,

although said nut will at the same time be correspondinglyraised or lowered by grooves. v V Y s In order that the nut may be readily and easily assembled with the lever and standard,

the forward ends of the grooves'17' are di--' rected downwardly at an angle to thelower edges of the arms7, the/forward terminations of the grooves being: so locatedthat WllQIl the studs 16-have-been enteredini the I n'ooves and the bolt 5 entered thru the arms,

thenut 15 cannot leave its position between swung upwardly 'or downwardly.

In apply ng this device touse,

use with the height of bottle being capped, by manipulation f the handle 14, The

bottle is then filled and placed-over the base 3 with a cap on same in position to betorced onto the neck of the bottle, as'indieatedby Downward pressure is then the outer end of the lever 6, which the socket13againstthe cap. 18 and thus vbendthe outer edges of the Cap i applied to over the end of the bottleneck. Pressure being then freleasedfrom the lever, amen:

v the shank manually adjustedto adapt it for 1 1 00 thearms, although'the lever maybe freely a 1O direction by the shank 12, which with the socket 13 remains inalignment with theneck capped, and so on."

sion of the spring 9 instantly elevates the free end of same and releases the socket from the cap 18, so that the bottle may be removed and replaced with another bottle to be By mounting the nut 15 inthe manner I shown, whereby the fulcrum contactbetween the nut andlever'may change as the lever is moved in the arc of a circle," the :nut 15 will be held from movement in a horizontal of the bottle, it properly placed on the base '3, the guidelugs 10v and 11 assisting in retaining the shank imperfect vertical alignment.

7 While the description and drawing illustratein a general way, certain instruinen talities which may be employed in carrying the invention intoeflect, it is evident that many modifications maybe madein the" various details, without departing from the scope of the appended claim, it beingiine derstood that the invention is not restricted i 1 to the particular example herein described.

' I 'VVe claim as our invention:

In a bottlecapper,;a. one piece standard having a base at one end and a pair of spaced guidelugs near the opposite end thereof, a' one piece lever divided at one end to form paralleling arms for straddling the upper end of said standard, the outer ends of said arms being" connected together by an integral loop member, a bolt passing laterally through said arms and standard forming a 35 fulcrum for said lever, said arms having grooves in their inner faces part way through said arms, one end of the grom'es' being directed downwardly to communicate with the loweredges of saidarms, a nutbetween said arms, studs on opposite sides of said nut adaptedto venter and have movement longitudinally of said groovcs, a shank threaded through said nut, acap receiving socket onthelower end ofusaid shank, and a spring having one or its ends attached to th'eloop connection of said lever and its opposite end to said standard.-

in testimony Whereoflwvehave hereunto set our hands on this the 5th day ofOctober, 1927,11. D. Y i i i GEORGE snnrnnnne WALTER )1, 1.] AMES. 

